About The Family Business Division

Our Mission

We partner with our family business clients to grow profits, reduce stress and assure the financial security of family members and the succession of the business to future generations.

Business is Business...
Except When Family is Involved

Corporate Performance Consultants, in strategic partnership with Financial Forums, Inc., presents our Family Business Division, offering customized programs designed to meet all the unique ownership, employment, financial and family needs of family-owned businesses. Drawing on our broad range of expertise and over 25 years dealing with the challenges and joys of hundreds of family-owned businesses, we offer a variety of highly effective business and financial tools and programs. The Corporate Performance Consultants Family Business Division understands what makes your company different from other businesses--and why you deserve a specialized division to assist you with your needs.

CPC has become the consultancy of choice to approach and confront sensitive matters within a business, get to the root of issues and help create lasting solutions to pressing organizational problems.

Consultants who offer real, lasting impact in family-owned businesses must have the following combination of skills:

• Sharp business savvy and management skills
• Proven, seasoned business consulting and executive coaching skills
• Solid financial skills
• Family dynamics and team building skills
• Succession and retirement planning skills including an in-depth understanding of sophisticated financial solutions

CPC offers all this and more. That is why we have achieved lasting results in the areas of profitability, growth and financial security for family businesses and the next generation.

Why Are Family-Owned Businesses So Different From Other Businesses?

There are business norms--and then there are family norms. Once family members are in your business, it is very difficult to run the company solely by standard business norms. The key is family dynamics, where emotions run strong, opinions vary and very important relationships are at stake, as is the entire business. The chart highlights some of the differences we have encountered:

As you can see, in almost every facet of the business, family norms are in sharp contrast to the accepted practices necessary to run a business effectively.